NISD staff members awarded $3.8 million in state teacher incentive pay

Teachers and staff at 29 campuses are celebrating after receiving "bonus" checks funded by the state's teacher incentive pay programs.

Staff members received anywhere from $100 to more than $5,000, depending on the subject and grade level they teach. The total amount of incentive money NISD campuses received is about $3.8 million.

The grant money comes from the District Awards for Teacher Excellence (DATE) and the Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) and is earmarked for schools whose students received high scores or showed significant improvement on the TAKS test.

Recipients must have high percentages of economically disadvantaged students, and all schools must be rated Recognized or Exemplary under the state's accountability system, or show strong performance gains in math and reading.

Here's a complete list of schools receiving about $3 million in DATE money:

• Elementary schools: Burke, Esparza, Glass, Glenoaks, Hatchett, Mary Hull, Knowlton, Lackland City, Mead, Meadow Village, Michael, Myers, Valley Hi, Villarreal and Westwood Terrace
• Middle schools: Jones, Pease, Rayburn and Ross
• High schools: Jay, Stevens and Warren

Here's a complete list of schools receiving about $800,000 in TEEG funds:

• Elementary schools: Adams Hill, Cable, Linton, Passmore and Powell
• Neff Middle School
• Holmes High School